STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WATER CONCERNS IN ST. JOHN PARISH... AFTER A DEADLY AMOEBA WAS FOUND. THE PARISH PRESIDENT DOES NOT DENY THAT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY IN WHAT THE PARISH REPORTED AND THE STATE DISCOVERED. REPORTER TRAVERS MACKEL IS LIVE IN ST. JOHN WITH MORE. LOUISIANA STATE POLICE CONFIRMED TUESDAY THAT TROOPERS ARE INVESTIGATING WATER QUALITY RECORDS IN ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH AFTER IT WAS DISCOVERED NAEGLERIA FOWLERI, A BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA, WAS DETECTED IN THE WATER SUPPLY. LAST WEEK, PARISH LEADERS ANNOUNCED THAT THE AMOEBA WAS DETECTED IN WATER DISTRICT 1. THAT PARTICULAR WATER SYSTEM SERVES 12,577 PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF RESERVE, GARYVILLE AND MOUNT AIRY. ACTUALLY IT DIDN'T ALARM US. OBCISOULSY THE STATE CONDUCTS INVESTIGATIONS. BUT THE PURPOSE OF THE INVESTIGATION IS TO FIGURE OUR WHAT HAPPENED NOT PRIOR TO OR TO MAKE AN ASSUMPTION ABOUT THE INVESTIGAITON RIGHT NOW WE ARE STRESSING IT IS VERY EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION. GONNA LOOK INTO ALL ASPECTS. IF WE DO FIND EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL NEGLIANCE, WE WIL MOVE FORWARD BUT IT STILL TOO EARLY TO SAY. WE ARE GONNA LOOK INTO EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER. WHILE PARISH LEADERS SAID RESIDENTS CAN CONSUME THE WATER, THE PARISH SAID THERE IS A RISK IS AN AMOEBA ENTERS THE NASAL PASSAGE. LAST WEEK, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS BEGAN A CHLORINE BURN THAT WILL LAST FOR 60 DAYS. BURN IS STILL IN EFFECT. STAY WITH WDSU AND WDSU DOT COM FOR THE LATEST ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY.